Job Description

Commercial Plastics seeks full-time Quality Inspectors for our manufacturing facility in Waverly, NE. We are experiencing a tremendous amount of growth in our Waverly, NE Facility. We are an injection molding company that services the Food, Consumer Goods, Dispensers, and Appliance industries. A career with Commercial Plastics (CP) is full of opportunity to teach and learn from your colleagues, you will have plenty of chances to grow professionally. You will also enjoy a friendly, clean, and encouraging workplace, you will not just be another employee – you will be an integral member of the Team.

Essential duties and responsibilities can include, but are not limited to:

• Inspecting products to determine compliance with order specifications and company’s quality control system
• Using automated measurement equipment, comparators, micrometers, calipers, dedicated gauges, color chips and other inspection fixtures and instruments to determine product compliance to applicable standards
• Performing first piece inspections per documented procedures
• Performing in-process inspections per established schedule and documented procedures
• Performing dock/pallet inspections per established schedule
• Assisting technicians and operators in interpretation of procedures, drawings, and accept/reject samples to determine acceptability
• Performing product containment activities for suspect products which include backtracking, segregating, tagging, and placing on ERP hold.
• Maintaining accurate records, for example:

1. Documenting accurate information electronically and/or on log sheets
2. Documenting rejects in ERP system and assistance in evaluation of cause
3. Notifying appropriate personnel of reject and quality issue status

Administrative Responsibilities of Quality Inspector:

• Updating documented procedures/inspection methods
• Cycle counting hold areas
• Performing test on incoming raw materials
• Flexibility of hours to meet production demands

Other General Responsibilities of Quality Inspector:

• Actively participate in company’s Quality Management System
• Maintaining a safe and clean working environment following safety procedures and policies
• Actively communicate with all team members as needed
• Complying with work requirements related to attendance and notice of absence, general conduct and following work instructions
• Monitoring and communicating material needs to support normal production activity

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one-year related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily

Required Language Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, technical drawings, and manuals
• Ability to legibly write inspection results on inspection logs, reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization

Required Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry

Required Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 35 pounds
• Ability to stand/walk throughout the day
• Multitask oriented and ability to work with teams or to be self-governed

Working Conditions:

• There may be exposure to noise, dust and fumes in the production areas
• Work in climate controlled manufacturing facility